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convoy

[kon-voi, kuhn-voi, kon-voi] / ˈkɒn vɔɪ, kənˈvɔɪ, ˈkɒn vɔɪ /
NOUN
guard, escort
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Reporters said the convoy had travelled from Lomé port in Togo.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

Latta ran to the window to see a convoy of more than a dozen 4x4s heading towards his farm.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

But a convoy operation is impractical with the blockade in full force, U.S. officials say.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

Under the Obama administration, an international coalition targeting the Libyan regime of Muammar Gaddafi during the country’s 2011 civil war struck his fleeing convoy, leading to his capture and killing by rebel fighters.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 11, 2026

“The convoy leaves out of Port Authority at two PM on Monday, December twelfth,” Mr. Flynn said.

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer

The trucking convoys are the latest example of ways the global economy has shown surprising resilience in the face of war-related shocks.

From The Wall Street Journal May 13, 2026

He says Britain survived Germany’s blockade in World War I because it began importing grain in multi-vessel convoys that were defended by warships and safely reached port over 99% of the time.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 16, 2026

Although blockades at fuel depots and Ireland's only oil refinery have been lifted, slow-moving convoys of large vehicles continued on motorways around Dublin on Monday morning.

From BBC Apr. 14, 2026

Security was tight during the court session on Tuesday, with suspects transported in heavily guarded convoys under military, police and intelligence supervision.

From BBC Apr. 8, 2026

And if the city had been left to die, did that mean the convoys had stopped altogether?

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer

The pangrams from yesterday’s Spelling Bee were conveyed and convoyed.

From New York Times Mar. 22, 2023

We convoyed over in shifts, along with other companies from their individual base camps around Mosul.

From Salon Nov. 22, 2018

We were 142 people that convoyed together, at minimum one mission a day/night.

From Newsweek Mar. 1, 2015

In all, the blimps convoyed 89,000 merchant ships and troopships overseas, often through areas infested by wolf packs of Nazi subs, without losing a single ship.

From Time Magazine Archive

On November 17, 1926, when White was still settling into the new job, two new inmates were convoyed up the prison’s horseshoe driveway by U.S. marshals.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

“If something didn’t send an alarm signal that we needed to have serious assets or protection and convoying of our vessels in that area then I want to know why not.”

From The Guardian Jul. 21, 2019

By the time I reached San Clemente, there were four of us convoying at about 20 mph on the 5 to Oceanside.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 18, 2018

Dr Labrosse said the main application would be for convoying, where a series of automated vehicles are led by a human driver or a smarter robot at the front.

From BBC Oct. 11, 2015

Malta, bombed and isolated, faced starvation, and between January and August 1942 British warships convoying merchantmen made six attempts to go to her succor, punched through four battered convoys.

From Time Magazine Archive

In July a fleet of seven vessels convoying six thousand men commanded by Rochambeau arrived at Newport.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Herbert Eugene Bolton




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